Revolving toy.



PATEHTED JUNE 2, 1908 Witnesses:

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i To all 'it concern:

nEvoLvms'ror.

; Be it known that I, THOMAS F. SLATER, a citizen of the United States, residin 5 at i 1' chesteryin the countyof Middlesex and tate f Connecticutfhave invented certain new r and useful Improvements in Revolving Toys,

of which the following is. a specification,-

reference being'had to'the accompanying --drawings.'

1 {toys and particularly to toys in which the "parts are made torevolve; and an, object of my invention is to provide. a toy of this char- ,acter-whichwillbe' simple in construction,

15 cheap manufacture and amusing to .the

" class of persons for whom it is designed.-

' In .the draw'ings illustrating the principle ofmy" invention and the bestl-modefnow known to' me of applying that principle,

E gure l-is a perspective viewof my new toy;

I the ends of which are" mounted the whee s c. o 5

he; top' of the platform a rise the posts i: '1 other end of-which p asses throughthe screw eye i of the op osite post (i. Upon theshaft jare mounte the rollers each of which contacts with the upper disk f of one of the spools e.- Asthe-spool c rotates, the rotarymotion is frictionally transmitted to the rollers 7a,; whereby the shaft '7' is driven in the direction of the'arrow in Fig. 1. At the cen'-' i5 which rests in the s otted end of the; post s held therein by a block v'n. As, the toy is My invent1on{ relates "to improvements in pod each ".of which is 'rotatably mount? ter of each shaft 7' is mounted a pair of crossed arms or vanes m, theangl e between. f

Specification nip-emu Patents i Patented June 2; 190s. Application flied October 2, 1907. serial No. 395,628.

arms upon the shaft The end of the shaft driven or pushed along the floor the'wh'eels c rotate, thereby driving the spools e, whlch 1n a turn drive the shafts j, causing the arms 'm to rotate. The rollers or, diskslcmay be moved along the shaft j to vary the distance of the '55 roller from the post about which the drum e rotates and therebyto vary the speed of ro-' tation of the shaft for the same speed of the. drum 6. l

' The rollers k' are held in adjusted position by the friction between them andthe shaft By turning the screw-eyes 'i, the .distance of the shaft-s7 from the u per disks -f may be varied and thereby the e ree of friction may v be changed between'the isks-f and rollers 65 vand compensation may be made for wear, slight variations in size and the like, whereby positive rotationofthe parts is secured.

I claim: v

A toy consisting of a platform; wheels upon which the'same is mounted; posts mounted uponjsaid platform, one of said posts being provided -with a screw-eye in its upper end and the other of said posts having its upper end slotted; drums rot'atably'mount- .ed upon said posts; a transverse shaft one end of which 1s mounted in said screw-eve and the other end ofwhich ismounted in the slotted end of one of said posts androllers mounted on said 'shafts; said drums'being between said wheels and'rollers' and transmitting to the latter the rotary motion of the former. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand at said Chester in" the presence of the of septemb'er lli I.) .'1907,.'

' THOMAS 1F; SLATER.

two undersigned witnesses this thirtieth day Witnesses W. P. HOLDEN, i W. L. Barns.

which maybe varied by turning either ofthe 

